Atlas Burner

atlas.burner is a beautiful, interactive TUI application for downloading OS images and burning them to USB drives. Part of the Atlas Suite.

Warning

This is an experimental tool. It writes directly to raw block devices and can permanently destroy data. Use at your own discretion. Always double-check the target device before confirming a burn. The authors are not responsible for any data loss.

✨ Features

• 🖥️ OS Catalog: Browse and download popular Linux, Windows, and BSD distributions directly from the TUI.
• 💾 USB Detection: Automatically detect connected removable USB devices with boot type info (MBR/GPT).
• 🔥 Direct Burn: Write ISO/IMG files directly to your selected USB drive.
• 🔧 UEFI Boot Support: Create UEFI-bootable USB drives with GPT + FAT32 EFI System Partition.
• 💿 Format Drive: Format USB drives with MBR or GPT partition tables and FAT32/NTFS/exFAT filesystems.
• ⚙️ Burn Options: Configure block size, partition table type, volume label, and post-burn verification.
• ⌨️ Vim Bindings: Navigate using j/k or arrow keys.
• 📦 Cross-Platform: Binaries available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

🚀 Installation

From Source

git clone https://github.com/fezcode/atlas.burner
cd atlas.burner
gobake build

⌨️ Usage

Run the binary to enter the TUI. Requires administrator/root privileges to write to block devices:

sudo ./atlas.burner
# or run as Administrator on Windows (UAC prompt is automatic)

Modes

Mode	Description
Browse OS Catalog	Pick from a curated list of distributions, download, and burn.
Burn Local Image	Select an ISO or IMG file already on your machine to burn.
Format Drive	Format the USB drive with a fresh partition table and filesystem.

Partition Table Options

Option	Description
Keep original	Write the image byte-for-byte (raw dd mode). Best for ISOs with their own boot structures.
MBR	Create an MBR partition table before burning.
UEFI (GPT/FAT32)	Extract ISO contents into a GPT disk with a FAT32 EFI System Partition for UEFI boot.

Command-line Flags

atlas.burner              Start the interactive TUI
atlas.burner -v           Show version
atlas.burner -h           Show help

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.